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French Civil CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Effects of the guarantee between the creditor and the guarantor

Article 2305

…nd severally with the debtor, nor a guarantor who has waived this benefit, nor a judicial guarantor may avail themselves of this benefit.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 1: Property retained as security.

Article 2367

Ownership of an asset may be retained as security by the effect of a retention of title clause which suspends the translative effect of a contract until full payment of the obligation which constitute…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section VIII: Reporting obligations

Article 983

Persons owning assets mentioned in article 965 located in France without having their tax domicile there as well as persons mentioned in 2 of article 4 B may be invited by the tax department to appoin…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section III: Consultation.

Article 260

If the consultation is given orally, an official report is drawn up. The drafting of the record may, however, be replaced by a mention in the judgment if the case is immediately decided at last instan…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter III: Composition of the Assize Court

Article 241

…of the public prosecutor shall be exercised there under the conditions defined in articles 34 and 39.However, the public prosecutor may delegate any magistrate of the public prosecutor's office withi…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Subtitle I: General provisions

Article 2326

A security interest may be created over the assets of a legal person governed by private law by virtue of powers resulting from deliberations or delegations drawn up under private signatures, even tho…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Working conditions and service obligations

Article R6152-910

…g their skills consolidation or adaptation course. They benefit from the provisions of article R. 4626-22 of the Labour Code.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Working conditions and service obligations

Article R6152-908

Associate practitioners take part in the on-call duty of interns. They may also be called upon to collaborate in the continuity of care and pharmaceutical duty organised on site, in support of and und…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Working conditions and service obligations

Article R6152-909

…hours for associate practitioners on a skills consolidation programme are set at ten half-days, but may not exceed forty-eight hours per week, averaged over a period of three months. Practitioners und…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter I: Establishment of a lawyer and submissions.

Article 961

The parties' submissions shall be signed by their lawyer and served in the same way as notifications between lawyers. They are not admissible until the information mentioned in paragraph 2 of the prev…

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